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Two wind turbines on a precast concrete floating platform: that, basically, is Nezzy2. This 18 metre tall, 1:10-scale prototype is being tested by EnBW and aerodyn engineering, a north German engineering company, in a flooded gravel pit near Bremerhaven. Next, this summer, Nezzy2 is to prove itself in wind and wave conditions in the Baltic Sea. Read more

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has begun working with Siemens Gamesa's Offshore business unit on training the organization of approximately 6,000 employees in developing greater risk awareness to improve safety. Read more

Edda Wind, the offshore wind segment of the Østensjø Group, has signed long term time charter
agreements with MHI Vestas and Ocean Breeze Energy respectively for two of the four offshore
wind vessels ordered from Spanish yards. Read more

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Chinese system integrator Titan Technologies Corporation has ordered two Fraunhofer IWES LiDAR measuring buoys for the surveying of the Zhangpu and Changle offshore wind farms planned for off the coast of China's Fujian province. Read more

Domino Energy Virgina is planning the mid-Atlantic’s firstr offshore wind project. DONG Energy will help the electic utility company as part of an agreement and strategic partnership. Engineering and development will start immediately. Read more

DONG Energy has celebrated the inauguration of the Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms at the Danish Embassy in Berlin. With 97 wind turbines and a total capacity of 582 megawatts, the two offshore wind farms generate enough power to supply approx 600,000 households in Germany annually. Read more

The new flagship European project ROMEO is seeking to reduce offshore O&M costs through the development of advanced monitoring systems and strategies. It aims to move from corrective and calendar based maintenance to a condition based maintenance, through analysing the real behaviour of the main components of wind turbines. Read more

Fugro, an independent provider of geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions, has been awarded a joint contract with Boskalis for survey and identification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone. Read more

The governments of leading offshore wind markets, Germany, Belgium and Denmark, together with industry captains signed a Joint Statement to further the deployment of offshore wind energy in Europe. Read more